American Bobtail | Sociable and Energetic Domestic Cat
The American Bobtail is a rare breed of “Domestic Cat” that was first introduced in the late 1960s. It is very distinguished for its short "bobbed" tail about 1/3 to 1/2 the length of a standard cat's tail. This is the consequence of a cat body-type hereditary alteration disturbing the tail growth, very similar to a Manx cat. The breed is distinct to the Japanese Bobtail regardless of the similar name and body type; the breeding programs are completely dissimilar, and the genetic mutation causing the nodded tail is known to be dissimilar because the mutation producing the American Bobtail's tail is dominant, while the Japanese Bobtail tail mutation is receding.
The American Bobtail is a very strong breed, with both short and long furry coats. The coat of the breed is hairy rather than solid or fleecy. The bread may have of any color of eyes and coat, with a strong prominence on the "wild" tabby look in show-animals.
Appearance
American Bobtails need 2 to 3 years to grow, slower than numerous Domestic Cat Breeds. American Bobtail is an enthusiastic and short-tailed cat breed. Its body is moderately long, with considerable filleting, and thickset. The posture is remarkably rectangular. The chest is full and broad. The hips are considerable, nearly as wide as the chest, and hind legs are longer than forelegs with big rotund feet which may have toe clumps. The head is a broad wedge without smoothed planes, the size proportional to the body. There is a bowl-shaped curve from nose to brow or rise to protuberant brow, a wide un-pinched muzzle, protuberant whisker pads, a mildly sloped extensive nose, and full, robust jaws. The ears are medium-sized and similarly mounted on top and the side of the head with curved tips. The eyes are nearly almond-shaped, with a size equivalent to head. The aperture is angled to a base of the ear, and with an average wide arrangement and deep holes. Eye color differs with coat color. The end of the tail is noticeable above the spinal, but not beyond the hock though the animal is in calm. The tail is straight or bent, somewhat tied or may have bumps.
Behavior
American Bobtail is a lively, sociable, and soberly active breed. The breed has apparently enough clever inventiveness to escape from rooms with closed doors and from protected coops. Being friendly to their owners and custodians, American Bobtails will ask for the care and attention they need by meowing or just by springing into rounds.
History
Urban fable speaks that Bobtails are the consequence of cross-breeding between a home (domestic) tabby cat and a wild bobcat. The uncommon tail is truly the outcome of an unpremeditated natural genetic mutation within the domestic cat populace and may be correlated to the Manx gene, which is also dominant. Yodie, a small tailed brown tabby male, was bred with a seal-point Siamese female to produce the American Bobtail's original lineage. Most of the initial ancestries have died out.
American Bobtail's original advent genetics were modified in the breed to formulate a new and better strain which comes in fundamentally all colors and coats. The breed was primarily documented by “The International Cat Association” (TICA) in 1989n, also acknowledged for contest competition by TICA, the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA), and the American Cat Fanciers Association (ACFA). The breed is also officially certified in the Cat Aficionado Association (CAA) of China, by virtue of the CAA having accepted all of ACFA's breed values; it is unfamiliar if any examples are actually in China. The breed is accepted as “existing” because of both American Bobtail long-hair and short-hair, in the World Cat Federation (WCF) of Germany, but the breed is not "accepted" for the competition shows and has no breed standard.
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